SPECIAL ANNUITY.

No. 21 of 1945.

An Act to provide for the payment of an Annuity to the Widow of the late the Right Honourable John Curtin.

[Assented to 16th August, 1945.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

1.  This Act may be cited as the Special Annuity Act 1945.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the sixth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five.

Annuity to the widow of the late the Right Honourable John Curtin.

3.—(1.)  There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to the widow of the late the Right Honourable John Curtin, an annuity at the rate of Five hundred pounds per annum.

(2.)  The annuity provided by this section shall cease to be payable in the event of the remarriage of the annuitant.

Annuity payable monthly.

4.  The annuity payable under this Act shall be paid in monthly instalments.